retire on account of old age
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to resign due to old age; (now) to retire in old age
archaicOriginally a formal petition by an elderly official to be relieved of his duties. In modern contexts, it is used somewhat poetically or archaically to simply mean retiring in one's old age.
Nà那
wèi位
gōng功
xūn勋
zhuó卓
zhù著
de的
dà大
chén臣
zuì最
zhōng终
gào告
lǎo老
huán还
xiāng乡
le了
。
That meritorious minister finally retired and returned to his hometown.
Tā他
zài在
liù六
shí十
suì岁
shí时
gào告
lǎo老
，
huí回
dào到
xiāng乡
xià下
ān安
dù度
wǎn晚
nián年
。
He retired at the age of sixty and went back to the countryside to spend his remaining years in peace.
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Gǔ古
dài代
guān官
yuán员
gào告
lǎo老
，
xū需
xiàng向
cháo朝
tíng廷
shàng上
biǎo表
chén陈
qíng情
。
In ancient times, an official who wished to retire due to old age had to submit a petition to the imperial court.